Gary Marcus Slams OpenAI's Astra as Incremental, Not an AGI Revolution
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-03
Gary Marcus criticized fans who believe AGI is imminent. He pointed out that with other models like Fable and Sol achieving similar capabilities, OpenAI's Astra is proving to be an incremental improvement rather than a revolutionary leap.
He emphasized that OpenAI failed to include a control group or provide evidence of significant advances on non-formal tasks. He speculated that OpenAI's reluctance to name it GPT-6 hints at its underlying limitations.
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